Overview of the events of 2008 in music
This topic covers notable events and articles related to2008 in music . This year was the peak of record sales in the United States, with sales declining year on year since then.[ 1]
February 8 –Michael Jackson 'sThriller album, the world's best-selling album of all time, is reissued asThriller 25 executive producer .[ 7] February 10 – The50th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony takes place at theStaples Center in Los Angeles, US.[ 8] Amy Winehouse wins five awards, including bothRecord of the Year andSong of the Year for "Rehab ", along withBest New Artist .Herbie Hancock 'sRiver: The Joni Letters Album of the Year .February 11 – After pleadingno contest to afelony weapons charge,The Game was sentenced to 60 days in jail, 150 hours of community service, and three years ofprobation in connection with an incident where he was alleged to have brandished a gun at a basketball game inSouth Los Angeles in February 2007.[ 9] February 19 –System of a Down guitarist,Daron Malakian , tellsMTV.com that the band is not likely to reform as he will be concentrating on his new projectScars on Broadway .[ 10] February 20 –25 –Viña del Mar International Song Festival is held in Chile.[ 11] February 23 –March 3 – The second annualSoundwave festival is held in Australia.[ 12] February 26 – The Return of theSpice Girls tour comes to a close in Toronto.[citation needed April 1 –Scott Weiland 's departure from rock bandVelvet Revolver becomes official.[ 20] Stone Temple Pilots , and tensions between him and the rest of Velvet Revolver, led to his departure.[ 21] April 5 April 12 –"Touch My Body" becomesMariah Carey 's 18th number 1 single on theBillboard Hot 100, putting her into second place among artists with the most number 1 singles in the rock era, and first place as a solo artist, surpassing Elvis Presley.[citation needed April 15 – MayorAntonio Villaraigosa officially proclaimsMariah Carey Day in Los Angeles, California, US.[ 22] Mariah Carey also releasesE=MC² Billboard 200 albums chart with the highest first-week sales of her career.April 22 – Andrey Baranov of Russia wins First Prize in the Second Benjamin Britten International Violin Competition in London.[ 23] May 3 – The sixth annualThe Bamboozle festival opens at theMeadowlands Sports Complex ,East Rutherford, New Jersey , US.[citation needed May 10 –11 –Garth Brooks inductedCarrie Underwood onGrand Ole Opry .May 14 – The "Spirit of Change" Gospel Choir celebrates its tenth anniversary with the 20th Zündorfer Gospelnacht concert in the Catholic Parish Church of St. Mariae Geburt, in Zündorf.[ 25] May 21 –David Cook defeatsDavid Archuleta to winseason 7 ofAmerican Idol , in a contest decided by 97.5 million votes, a record for the show.[citation needed May 24 – 43 countries compete in the2008 Eurovision Song Contest final inBelgrade , Serbia, including newcomers San Marino and Azerbaijan.[ 26] Believe byDima Bilan .May 24 –26 – TheSasquatch! Music Festival is held overMemorial Day weekend atThe Gorge Amphitheatre in centralWashington , US.[citation needed May 25 – The Slovak preliminary round of the first Bluegrass competition (toward the annual Czech Festival Banjo Jamboree) is held inHviezdoslavovo námestie ,Bratislava .[ 27] September 6 – Six members ofThe Specials re-unite at theBestival as a 'Surprise Act'. They use the name "Terry Hall and Friends", becauseJerry Dammers , who owns the band's name, did not participate.[citation needed September 7 – The2008 MTV Video Music Awards are presented atParamount Studios ,Hollywood .Britney Spears ' winsVideo of the Year ,Best Pop Video , andBest Female Video for "Piece of Me ".Christina Aguilera also made her return to music since giving birth to her first child with the debut of her singleKeeps Gettin' Better .[citation needed September 10 – The22nd Annual ARIA Music Awards are held in Sydney, Australia, recognizing Australian music in 2008. Dance-punk groupThe Presets win Album of the Year.[citation needed September 11 –Christian Älvestam leavesScar Symmetry .[citation needed September 18 September 19 – "Only by the Night" the fourth studio album by American alternative rock band Kings of Leon, released worldwide in September 2008. –Travis Barker andAdam Goldstein (DJ AM) survive aplane crash that claims four lives.[ 47] September 20 –P!nk scores her first solo number-one hit in her native US, with "So What ".[citation needed September 21 September 24 –Within Temptation release theBlack Symphony Metropole Orchestra and guest musicians.[citation needed September 25 –Paul McCartney performs atTel Aviv park, his first performance in Israel sinceThe Beatles were banned from the country in 1965.[citation needed October 1 –Tina Turner leaves semi-retirement to embark on herTina!: 50th Anniversary Tour [ 48] October 5 – Stephanie Jeong wins the Second Prize (no First Prize is awarded) in the Premio Paganini international violin competition inGenoa .[ 49] October 7 –Spotify on-demand music streaming service launches in Sweden.October 10 – The Fourth Waakirchener Zither Festival takes place inWaakirchen , Bavaria.[ 50] October 12 – Opening of the VII Festival Internazionale di Musica e Arte Sacra, in Rome and the Vatican City (until November 30).[ 51] October 16 –Britney Spears sets a new record for the biggest jump to number one on theBillboard Hot 100Womanizer ". It is Spears' first American number one since her debut single "...Baby One More Time ".[ 52] Kelly Clarkson ). It also garners first-week download sales of 286,000, the biggest opening-week tally by a female artist.October 18 –Rihanna scores her fifth number one song on theBillboard Hot 100T.I. 's "Live Your Life ", which follows "SOS ", "Umbrella ", "Take a Bow ", and "Disturbia "), becoming the leading solo female artist with the most number ones to have charted inthis decade untilBeyoncé Knowles breaks her record (as a solo artist).[ 53] Justin Bieber signed withL.A. Reid Island Records November 1 –9 – The Southbank Centre in London, UK presents "Klang: A Tribute toStockhausen ", a festival curated byOliver Knussen , with a series of concerts focusing on works from the composer's last decade, including the world premieres ofUrantia Zodiac for Orchestra [ 54] November 2 – TheFauxharmonic Orchestra loses in its debut confrontation with the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra in aBargemusic concert.[ 55] November 4 –Bhimsen Joshi is selected to receive theBharat Ratna ,India 's highest civilian honour.[ 56] November 6 –Michael Tilson Thomas makes hisPhiladelphia Orchestra subscription-concert conducting debut.[ 57] November 17 – Korean violinist Hyun-Su Shin wins First Prize in the Jacques Thibaud International Violin Competition in Paris[ 58] November 23 – 13 years after his disappearance,Manic Street Preachers guitaristRichey Edwards isdeclared deadin absentia .November 24 – TheRoyal Philharmonic Orchestra announces the appointment ofPinchas Zukerman as principal guest conductor, to begin in January 2009.[ 59] December 9 –Damon Albarn andGraham Coxon say thatBlur will reunite for a concert atHyde Park on July 3, 2009. Tickets for the concert sell out within two minutes of release, andBlur announce another date on July 2, 2009.[ 60] [ 61] December 11 –Elliott Carter celebrates his 100th birthday.December 13 –Beyoncé Knowles scores her fifth number one song on theBillboard Hot 100Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) ", which followed "Crazy in Love ", "Baby Boy ", "Check on It ", and "Irreplaceable ", tying withRihanna as the leading solo female artist with the most number ones to have charted inthis decade .[ 53] December 22 –Live Nation announce that Madonna'sSticky & Sweet Tour is the highest-grossing tour for a solo artist, with US$280 million in ticket sales and 2,350,282 fans attending the 58 shows during the three-leg tour across Europe and the Americas.[ 62] SeeCategory:Musical groups reestablished in 2008
Returning performers [ edit ] SeeMusical groups disestablished in 2008
Best-selling albums globally & United States The best-selling records in 2008 according toIFPI :[ 68]
The best-selling albums in the United States:[ 69]
Songs released in 2008 [ edit ] Singles which have ranked within Top 10 within the Billboard Hot 100 Hits (excludes those that were #1 in the UK)
Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2008
UK Official Top 75 No. 1 Hits
Australia Official Top 50 No. 1 Hits
Australia Official Top 50 Hits – Singles which have ranked within Top 20
Other international hits [ edit ] Birke J. Bertelsmeier –Quartettstück for string quartetMartin Bresnick –Joaquin is Dreaming Elliott Carter Concerto for flute and orchestra Duetto for violin and cello (first of theDue Duetti ) Tinntinabulation , for percussion sextetWind Rose , for wind ensembleOn Conversing with Paradise , for baritone and chamber orchestraPoems of Louis Zukofsky , for mezzo-soprano and clarinetJoël-François Durand –Le Tombeau de Rameau , for flute, viola and harpLorenzo Ferrero Freedom Variations , for trumpet and chamber ensemble2 Agosto. Prima variazione (fromQuatro variazioni su un tema di Banchieri ), for organ and orchestraJennifer Higdon –Violin Concerto Mehdi Hosseini –Concerto for String Quartet and Chamber Orchestra Karl Jenkins Wojciech Kilar –Paschalis Hymn for mixed choir a cappellaTe Deum , for 4 solo voices, choir and orchestraVeni Creator , for mixed choir and string orchestraArvo Pärt –Symphony No. 4 Anno Schreier –Berceuse for violin, clarinet, alto-saxophone and piano Tan Dun –Piano ConcertoThe Fire January 17 –Notti Osama , American rapper (d. 2022)February 22 - Emme Maribel Muñiz, son ofJennifer Lopez andMarc Anthony March 8 -Sugarhill Ddot , American rapperMarch 12 -Emma Kok , Dutch singerMarch 31 –Star Bandz , American rapperJune 10 -Sara James , Polish singer and songwriter, represented Poland in theJunior Eurovision Song Contest in 2021July 22 –BabyChiefDoit , American rapperOctober 3 -Karolina Protsenko , Ukrainian-American pop violinist and youTube sensationOctober 24 –Liamani Segura , American singer and actressJanuary 3 –Henri Chopin , 85, French sound poetJanuary 10 – Dave Day, 66 (heart attack), American guitarist (The Monks )January 11 –Pete Candoli , 84 (prostate cancer ), American jazz trumpeterJanuary 13 –Sergejus Larinas , 51, Russiantenor January 17 – Madeleine Michaud, 105, Frenchlibrettist January 19 January 20 –Tommy McQuater , 93, British jazz trumpeterJanuary 25 –Evelyn Barbirolli , 97, British oboistJanuary 30 –Miles Kington , 66, British bassistFebruary 3 –Jackie Orszaczky , 59, Hungarian jazz bass-guitarist and composerFebruary 4 –Tata Güines , 77, Cuban percussionist and composerFebruary 9 –Scot Halpin , 54, American drummerFebruary 10 February 13 –Henri Salvador , 90 (ruptured aneurysm), French singerFebruary 15 –Willie P. Bennett , 56 (heart attack), Canadian folk singer-songwriterFebruary 19 February 21 Joe Gibbs , 65 (heart attack), Jamaican record producerNeil Chotem , 87, Canadian conductor and composerFebruary 24 –Larry Norman , 60, American musicianFebruary 25 –Stephen "Static Major" Garrett , 33, American rapperFebruary 26 –Buddy Miles , 60, American drummer (Jimi Hendrix's Band of Gypsys)February 27 February 28 March 2 –Jeff Healey , 41 (cancer), Canadian blues guitaristMarch 3 March 4 –Leonard Rosenman , 83 (heart attack), American composerMarch 10 –Dennis Irwin , 56, American double-bass playerMarch 12 –Alun Hoddinott , 78, British composerMarch 13 –Bill Bolick , 90,country musician (The Blue Sky Boys)March 15 –Mikey Dread , 53 (brain tumor ), Jamaicanreggae musician and broadcasterMarch 16 March 21 March 22 –Cachao López , 89 (kidney failure), Cuban bassistMarch 23 –Neil Aspinall , 66 (lung cancer), British music industry executiveMarch 29 –Allan Ganley , 77, British jazz drummerMarch 30 –Sean LeVert , 39, American vocalist (LeVert )April 6 – Larry Brown, 63 (respiratory condition), American vocalist (Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes )April 15 April 17 –Danny Federici , 58 (melanoma ), American rock multi-instrumentalist (E Street Band )April 20 April 21 –Al Wilson , 68, American singerApril 22 –Paul Davis , American singer-songwriterApril 24 April 25 –Humphrey Lyttelton , 86, British jazz musicianApril 26 –Henry Brant , 94, American composerApril 27 –Frances Yeend , 95, Americansoprano April 29 –Micky Waller , 66, British drummerMay 4 –Kishan Maharaj , 84, Indiantabla playerMay 5 –Jerry Wallace , 79 (congestive heart failure ), American country music singerMay 6 –Franz Jackson , 95, American jazz saxophonistMay 8 May 10 –Leyla Gencer , 79, Turkishsoprano May 11 May 15 May 17 –Wilfrid Mellers , 94, Britishmusicologist and composerMay 21 –Siegmund Nissel , 86, Austrian violinistMay 23 –Utah Phillips , 73 (heart disease), American folk singer-songwriterMay 24 –Jimmy McGriff , 72 (multiple sclerosis ), American jazz organistMay 25 –Camu Tao , 30 (lung cancer),rapper May 26 –Earle Hagen , 88, American composerMay 28 –Danny Moss , 80, British jazz saxophonistMay 30 June 1 –Al Jones , 62, British folk musicianJune 2 –Bo Diddley , 79 (heart failure), American rock and roll and blues singer, songwriter and guitaristJune 4 –Bill Finegan , 91, American jazz pianist and arrangerJune 8 –Šaban Bajramović , 72 (heart attack), SerbianRomani musicianJune 12 –Danny Davis , 83 (heart attack), American band leaderJune 14 June 16 –Margaret Kitchin , 94, Swiss pianistJune 17 –Cyd Charisse , 86 (heart attack), American dancer and actressJune 24 –Ira Tucker , 83 (cardiovascular disease ), Americangospel singer (The Dixie Hummingbirds )June 27 June 30 –Ángel Tavira , 83 (kidney complications), Mexican violinist and composerJuly 1 –Mel Galley , 60 (esophagus cancer ), British guitarist (Whitesnake ,Trapeze ,Finders Keepers andPhenomena )July 2 –Natasha Shneider , 52 (cancer), Russian keyboardist and vocalistJuly 3 July 6 –Bobby Durham , 71, American jazz drummerJuly 7 –Hugh Mendl , 88, British record producerJuly 13 –Gerald Wiggins , 86, American jazz pianistJuly 16 –Jo Stafford , 90 (congestive heart failure ), American singerJuly 18 July 20 –Artie Traum , 65, Americanfolk musician and composerJuly 22 –Joe Beck , 62 (lung cancer), American jazz guitaristJuly 24 –Norman Dello Joio , 95, American composerJuly 25 July 27 –Horst Stein , 80, German conductorJuly 28 –Wendo Kolosoy , 83, Congoleserumba musicianJuly 31 –Lee Young , 94, American jazz drummer and singerAugust 3 August 4 –Nicola Rescigno , 92, Italian American conductorAugust 5 August 10 August 11 –Don Helms , 81, American steel guitaristAugust 12 –Donald Erb , 81, American composerAugust 14 –Lita Roza , 82, British singerAugust 15 –Jerry Wexler , 91, American producerAugust 16 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 guitaristAugust 21 August 25 –Pehr Henrik Nordgren , 64, Finnish composerAugust 31 –Jerry Reed , 71, American country musicianSeptember 2 –Arne Domnérus , 83, Swedish jazz saxophonistSeptember 6 –Nicole Lai , 34 (skin cancer), Singaporean singerSeptember 7 September 8 September 10 –Vernon Handley , 77, British conductorSeptember 12 September 15 –Richard Wright , 65, British keyboardist (Pink Floyd )September 16 September 18 September 19 Earl Palmer , 84, American drummer, member of the Rock and Roll Hall of FameDick Sudhalter , 70, American jazz trumpeter and criticSeptember 20 –Nappy Brown , 78, American blues singerSeptember 22 –Connie Haines , 87, American singerSeptember 24 –Vice Vukov , 72, Croatian singerSeptember 25 –Horațiu Rădulescu , 66, Romanian composerSeptember 26 October 1 –Nick Reynolds , 75, American folk musicianOctober 3 –Johnny "J" , 39, American songwriter, music producer and rapperOctober 4 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